Player Watch #45: Zac 'Banga' Banch - re-signs for 2026

[kanga kanga kanga]

could see him turning into a shaun mannagh type

 

[Sillygit]

i too am totally shocked that a small forward is short

 

[amaz199]

If he doesn't kick 5 and lay 10 tackles with 20 possessions, delist.

 

[Souup]

I think he'll be an upgrade on Konstanty.

Konstanty's value to the team is what he does without the ball with his pressure. Banch offers that but is better and cleaner with ball in hand.

I'm absolutely convinced we need both to be playing in the same side.

 

[DesertRoo]

I think he'll be an upgrade on Konstanty.

Konstanty's value to the team is what he does without the ball with his pressure. Banch offers that but is better and cleaner with ball in hand.

I'm absolutely convinced we need both to be playing in the same side.

To balance out the side, we could actually add another one as well, problem is who makes way.

 

[King Corey]

Zac Banch = The Root and Rebuild

:sternlook

 

[Disco Dew]

They called him ‘Branch’ on sen breakfast this morning and I can understand the mistake…

I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do for us!

 

[giantroo]

 

[andana]

They called him ‘Branch’ on sen breakfast this morning and I can understand the mistake…

I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do for us!

Sounds like Zac said Bench in the vdo

 

[Its a Process]

I think he'll be an upgrade on Konstanty.

Konstanty's value to the team is what he does without the ball with his pressure. Banch offers that but is better and cleaner with ball in hand.

I'm absolutely convinced we need both to be playing in the same side.

Great write up as usual Souup and it's always appreciated!

I thought Payne was tracking nicely over the past month to join JK up forward, what are your thoughts on his development since joining us and if he is likely to land another contract?

 

[Psicosis]

To balance out the side, we could actually add another one as well, problem is who makes way.

One of the tall forwards

 

[Event Horizon]

Likens himself to Zac Butters.

So we finally draft a specialist small forward only to find he wants to be a mid

 

[Harris 10]

One of the tall forwards

100%
I think it's darling that has to go.

 

[Passmore]

To balance out the side, we could actually add another one as well, problem is who makes way.

We've won 2 games. Finding blokes to make way really shouldn't be an issue.

 

[pooley]

10 seconds of highlights and he already looks more dangerous than Payne, Spicer and Mahoney.

 

[Newbie Real Talk]

This young fella has a lot of genuine AFL qualities. It is long past due for North to get a long term best 22 player out of the MSD. Hopefully this is the one.

 

[roo kanga]

Brady seems to be developing quite the Banch of small forwards, hopefully one can turn into a key long term player for us.

 

[GoRoos2023]

So we finally draft a specialist small forward only to find he wants to be a mid

We will play him Half Back.

 

[Souup]

Great write up as usual Souup and it's always appreciated!

I thought Payne was tracking nicely over the past month to join JK up forward, what are your thoughts on his development since joining us and if he is likely to land another contract?

Thanks mate.

Payne is the slowest of burns right now, but I like him and think there's something there. The problem is you can only support so many small pressure forwards who don't also provide something else such as using the footy well, kicking goals or being flexible in terms of the role you can perform. Payne and Konstanty in many ways are currently offering similar things - they're basically pressure forwards with not a lot else - this is still valuable, but you can't have two of those in the same side. Banch at least has the ability to play higher up the field and uses it well by foot.

It's odd as Payne was finding it 25+ times a game and hitting the scoreboard before being drafted as a mid-forward, but it seems we've got a pretty set hierarchy when it comes to midfield minutes. It could be we don't think he has the tank, or we're dogged about him being a small forward and nothing else.

 

[Shinboner1]

10 seconds of highlights and he already looks more dangerous than Payne, Spicer and Mahoney.

idk man, spicer won some athletics comp when he was 18 didnt he?

 

[kool kangas]

Likens himself to Zac Butters.

l need more height...keep going..

 

[Themanbun]

Have a mate who played with him at shep swans and he has told me “genuine freak, tiny but like the wizard, no one could tackle him in the Goulburn valley”.

Yeah he's a nugget. Talk of the town for a while out this way.

 

[Arthur Cloke]

Zac Banch = The Brady

 

[Arthur Cloke]

Brady seems to be developing quite the Banch of small forwards, hopefully one can turn into a key long term player for us.

One thing we know is if Signor Rawlings can't get the best out of a player, the player just doesn't have the tools.

 

[Bubba Moses]

Likens himself to Zac Butters.

Music to my ears!